Episode 83: Serotonin Medication Journey
I'm sharing my journey with medication.
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I'm sharing my journey with medication.
In this episode, Dr. Christopher Tookey is joined by Dr. Zach April to discuss the members of the SNRI class of medicines. This includes duloxetine (Cymbalta), venlafaxine (Effexor), desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) and others.
A disclaimer, we're providing general guidance but everyone is different and you should always discuss with your health care professional management of any disease and therapy before trying anything you discover from a source on the internet (including this podcast)
This week we talk with Professor Jim van Os and Doctor Peter Groot about their latest study which looks at the effectiveness of tapering strips to help people get off antidepressant drugs.
Jim van Os is Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Public Mental Health at Utrecht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands and Peter Groot works with the User Research Centre of UMC Utrecht.
They both are involved with the development and study of tapering strips which are pre-packaged, gradually reducing dosage tablets that facilitate tapered withdrawal from psychiatric drugs. In this interview, we discuss their latest research paper which examines tapering strips in real-world use.
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This week on the MIA podcast, we discuss a recent paper that considers the support provided by online support groups when people seek help for psychiatric drug withdrawal. The paper is entitled ‘The role of Facebook groups in the management and raising of awareness of antidepressant withdrawal: is social media filling the void left by health services?’ It was published in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology in January 2021 and the authors are Sherry Julo, Ed White and John Read.
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On MIA Radio this week, Akansha Vaswani and Dr Peter Groot discuss Tapering Strips, a novel and practical solution for those who wish to taper gradually from a range of prescription drugs.
Akansha is a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and her dissertation research will involve interviewing psychiatrists in the US about their experiences helping people stop or reduce their dose of antidepressant medication. Dr Groot is a researcher and geneticist who has led the development of Tapering Strips.
In a recent study, published in the journal Psychosis, Dr Groot, together with Jim van Os, reported on the results of their trial which recorded the experiences of people using Tapering Strips.
Relevant Links:
Tapering Strips (website of the User Research Centre of Maastricht University)
Treatment guidelines for the use of tapering strips
Summary of the tapering study in the journal Psychosis (blog)
Tapering Strips study from the journal Psychosis
Peter Groot interviewed on Let's Talk Withdrawal
Claire shares her experience with Tapering Strips (YouTube)
Petition requesting use of Tapering Strips in the UK
Mad in America report on Tapering strips study
Prime Time for Shared Decision Making
Mandatory Shared Decision Making
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